Below are the world's top universities according to the Times Higher - QS World University Rankings 2008. Click the institutions below to read their profile, or navigate on the right for further tables
Top 100 universities 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 500+
| 2009 rank |
School Name |
Country |
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com)
Copyright © 2004-2009 QS Intelligence Unit.
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| 101= |
University of OSLO |
Norway |
| 101= |
LOMONOSOV MOSCOW state university |
Russia |
| 102 |
Hebrew University of JERUSALEM |
Israel |
| 103= |
DURHAM University |
United Kingdom |
| 103= |
FUDAN University |
China |
| 105 |
University of MINNESOTA |
United States |
| 106 |
University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara |
United States |
| 107 |
Université De Montréal |
Canada |
| 108= |
ERASMUS University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
| 108= |
University of BASEL |
Switzerland |
| 108= |
University of CALIFORNIA, Davis |
United States |
| 108= |
University of HELSINKI |
Finland |
| 112 |
University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
United States |
| 113 |
University of WATERLOO |
Canada |
| 114= |
TEL AVIV University |
Israel |
| 114= |
University of PITTSBURGH |
United States |
| 116 |
MAASTRICHT University |
Netherlands |
| 117 |
University Pierre and Marie Curie - PARI... |
France |
| 118 |
QUEEN'S University |
Canada |
| 119 |
CASE WESTERN RESERVE University |
United States |
| 120= |
EINDHOVEN University of Technology |
Netherlands |
| 120= |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE University |
United States |
| 122= |
University of Fribourg |
Germany |
| 122= |
University of MARYLAND, College Park |
United States |
| 124 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| 125 |
University of OTAGO |
New Zealand |
| 126= |
Catholic University of LOUVAIN (UCL) |
Belgium |
| 126= |
Ecole Normale Superieure de LYON |
France |
| 128 |
University of VIRGINIA |
United States |
| 129= |
GEORGETOWN University |
United States |
| 129= |
OHIO STATE University |
United States |
| 129= |
University of ABERDEEN |
United Kingdom |
| 132= |
TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog... |
Israel |
| 132= |
University of VIENNA |
Austria |
| 134 |
POHANG University of Science And Technol... |
Korea, South |
| 135 |
CARDIFF University |
United Kingdom |
| 136 |
University of GHENT |
Belgium |
| 137 |
University of LIVERPOOL |
United Kingdom |
| 138= |
CHULALONGKORN University |
Thailand |
| 138= |
University of GRONINGEN |
Netherlands |
| 140 |
VANDERBILT University |
United States |
| 141 |
University of ROCHESTER |
United States |
| 142 |
KEIO University |
Japan |
| 143 |
Mcmaster University |
Canada |
| 144= |
University of BATH |
United Kingdom |
| 144= |
University of BERGEN |
Norway |
| 146= |
HUMBOLDT University of Berlin |
Germany |
| 146= |
University of CAPE TOWN |
South Africa |
| 148 |
WASEDA University |
Japan |
| 149= |
Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen |
Germany |
| 149= |
University of CALGARY |
Canada |
| 151= |
The University of WESTERN ONTARIO |
Canada |
| 151= |
YONSEI University |
Korea, South |
| 153 |
SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University |
China |
| 154 |
University of Science And Technology of ... |
China |
| 155= |
KYUSHU University |
Japan |
| 155= |
WAGENINGEN University |
Netherlands |
| 158 |
NEWCASTLE University |
United Kingdom |
| 159 |
Technical University of DENMARK |
Denmark |
| 160 |
TUFTS University |
United States |
| 161 |
University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine |
United States |
| 162 |
LANCASTER University |
United Kingdom |
| 163 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... |
India |
| 164 |
QUEEN MARY, University of London |
United Kingdom |
| 165 |
VU University AMSTERDAM |
Netherlands |
| 166= |
University of ARIZONA |
United States |
| 166= |
University of SUSSEX |
United Kingdom |
| 168= |
NANJING University |
China |
| 168= |
Saint-petersburg State University |
Russia |
| 168= |
University of LAUSANNE |
Switzerland |
| 171= |
HOKKAIDO University |
Japan |
| 171= |
University of BARCELONA |
Spain |
| 173 |
STONY BROOK University, State University... |
United States |
| 174= |
Kth, ROYAL INSTITUTE of Technology |
Sweden |
| 174= |
University of BOLOGNA |
Italy |
| 174= |
University of TSUKUBA |
Japan |
| 177= |
University of ANTWERP |
Belgium |
| 177= |
University of ATHENS |
Greece |
| 179 |
TEXAS A&m University |
United States |
| 180 |
University of MALAYA (UM) |
Malaysia |
| 181 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... |
India |
| 182 |
RWTH AACHEN University |
Germany |
| 183 |
RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... |
United States |
| 184 |
University of KARLSRUHE |
Germany |
| 185 |
University of GOTHENBURG |
Sweden |
| 186= |
University of Colorado At BOULDER |
United States |
| 186= |
University of Göttingen |
Germany |
| 188 |
University of CANTERBURY |
New Zealand |
| 189 |
MACQUARIE University |
Australia |
| 190 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico... |
Mexico |
| 191= |
Free University of Brussels |
Belgium |
| 191= |
University of READING |
United Kingdom |
| 193= |
INDIANA University Bloomington |
United States |
| 193= |
University of BERN |
Switzerland |
| 195 |
The HONG KONG Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
| 196= |
SIMON FRASER University |
Canada |
| 196= |
University of LEICESTER |
United Kingdom |
| 198 |
CHALMERS University of Technology |
Sweden |
| 199 |
University of NOTRE DAME |
United States |
| 200 |
University of TWENTE |
Netherlands |
Note: On 7th September 2009 QS received complete and authorised student and faculty data from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). The data was received too late to be included in the analysis for the 2009 results. The revised Full Time Equivalent (FTE) student number is 33,668 and the revised Faculty number is 10,418 FTE. With this new data, MSU has reached an overall ranking of 101st as published in the Top Universities Guide.
